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62786

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date	19/06/2014
answering body	Department for Energy and Climate Change
answering dept id	63
answering dept short name	Energy and Climate Change
answering dept sort name	Energy and Climate Change
hansard heading	Energy: Prices
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Verma on 16 June (WA 23) on energy prices, how they reconcile the Department of Energy and Climate Change's estimate in paragraph 4.3, page 28 of its February consultation on the plans for the offtaker of last resort that "Backstop PPAs [will be] available to generators from early 2016" with the statement made to Parliament on 4 November 2013 at Report stage of the Energy Act 2013 that they intended "a scheme to be in place by the time the first CfDs are signed" in late 2014 (HL Deb, col 25); and whether concerns have been raised by independent generators about the distinction between having "a high degree of clarity about the arrangements for OLR" and "a scheme being in place".
tabling member printed	Lord Berkeley
uin	HL466
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/06/2014 answer text <p>We are on track to introduce enabling regulations to have the OLR mechanism in place ahead of the first CfD allocation in Autumn 2014. This will include a final version of the Backstop Power Purchase Agreement (BPPA) contract terms that generators will be entitled to. Generators will therefore have a high degree of clarity about the arrangements well in advance of the first auctions. We are shortly publishing a draft version of the BPPA contract terms this week to give generators further clarity on the terms they can expect.</p><p>Whilst the OLR will be in place, generators will not be able to access a Backstop PPA contract immediately, with BPPA contracts being available from April 2016 at the very latest. In light of the time taken to commission projects and the likelihood that a PPA falls away and cannot be replaced, the period between the legislation being in place and the first BPPA contract being available is unlikely to have significant impacts in practice. This process has been tested with stakeholders, including the Offtaker of Last Resort Advisory Group, and we continue to work with Ofgem to bring forward the date when the first BPPA contracts can be awarded.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Verma question first answered 30/06/2014 12:52:46 answering member 3790 label Biography information for Baroness Verma
tabling member	3526 label Biography information for Lord Berkeley

62789

registered interest
date	19/06/2014
answering body	Department for Energy and Climate Change
answering dept id	63
answering dept short name	Energy and Climate Change
answering dept sort name	Energy and Climate Change
hansard heading	Energy: Prices
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Verma on 16 June (WA 24) on energy prices, in the light of the change in language used by the European Commission between its draft and final state aid guidance to reduce the distinction between "mature" and "immature", and "established" and "less established" technologies, what steps they will take to ensure that the current proposals (1) to introduce auctioning of Contracts for Difference (CfDs) for only one particular group of technologies in October 2014, and (2) to create an enduring regime which allocates CfDs in different ways to different groups of technologies beyond 2017, will not run contrary to the new guidelines, introduced after the commencement of their consultation process.
tabling member printed	Lord Berkeley
uin	HL469
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/06/2014 answer text <p>The EU ‘Guidelines on State aid for environmental protection and energy 2014-2020', which were adopted in principle on 9 April 2014, set out a requirement to introduce technology neutral competition for renewable technologies, including a transitional phase, with a number of derogations. In May 2014 the Government confirmed proposals to move straight to competition for more established technologies. For less established technologies, if there is insufficient budget in a CfD allocation round to satisfy all bids, a competitive auction will apply. We believe our proposals are consistent with the guidelines.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Verma question first answered 30/06/2014 12:50:30 answering member 3790 label Biography information for Baroness Verma
tabling member	3526 label Biography information for Lord Berkeley

62790

registered interest
date	19/06/2014
answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept id	16
answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
hansard heading	Egypt
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what is their assessment of Egypt's latest parliamentary election laws.
tabling member printed	Lord Stone of Blackheath
uin	HL470
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/06/2014 answer text <p>The new parliamentary law, passed by interim President Adly Mansour, includes many changes to the structure of the Egyptian parliament. The law increases the number of parliamentary seats to 567, with 420 seats being elected by single member constituencies and 120 elected through party lists.</p><p> </p><p>The Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, my right hon. Friend the Member for Richmond (Yorks) (Mr Hague), raised the parliamentary elections and the need for political inclusiveness with former Egyptian Foreign Minister Nabil Fahmy on 14 May. On 3 June, the Foreign Secretary issued a statement urging Egypt's leaders to ensure that the transition leads towards accountable and democratic governance, underpinned by strong and accountable institutions.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Warsi question first answered 30/06/2014 13:05:07 answering member 3839 label Biography information for Baroness Warsi
tabling member	2222 label Biography information for Lord Stone of Blackheath

62791

registered interest
date	19/06/2014
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Jobseeker's Allowance
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many 18 to 21 year-olds claim Jobseeker's Allowance in England; and what proportion of those (1) do not have a Level 3 qualification, and (2) live in households with a gross income of £42,000 or more.
tabling member printed	Baroness Brinton
uin	HL471
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/07/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>In January 2014, the latest figures available, there were 140,000 claimants aged 18 to 21 year olds in receipt of Jobseeker's Allowance in England.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>In 2012/13 the Department estimates it spent around £610m on Jobseeker's Allowance for 18-21 year-olds in England.</p><p> </p><p>It is not possible to split this expenditure for claimants by qualification level, as the Department does not collect this information in our administrative systems.</p><p> </p><p>It is not possible to identify how many live in households with a gross income of £42,000 or more as the Department does not collect this in our administrative systems.</p> answering member printed Lord Freud grouped question UIN HL472 question first answered 02/07/2014 14:57:24 answering member 3893 label Biography information for Lord Freud
tabling member	4241 label Biography information for Baroness Brinton

62792

registered interest
date	19/06/2014
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Jobseeker's Allowance
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what is the total annual cost of Jobseeker's Allowance for 18 to 21 year-olds in England; and what is the cost of Jobseeker's Allowance for those (1) with qualifications below Level 3, and (2) at or above Level 3.
tabling member printed	Baroness Brinton
uin	HL472
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/07/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>In January 2014, the latest figures available, there were 140,000 claimants aged 18 to 21 year olds in receipt of Jobseeker's Allowance in England.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>In 2012/13 the Department estimates it spent around £610m on Jobseeker's Allowance for 18-21 year-olds in England.</p><p> </p><p>It is not possible to split this expenditure for claimants by qualification level, as the Department does not collect this information in our administrative systems.</p><p> </p><p>It is not possible to identify how many live in households with a gross income of £42,000 or more as the Department does not collect this in our administrative systems.</p> answering member printed Lord Freud grouped question UIN HL471 question first answered 02/07/2014 14:57:25 answering member 3893 label Biography information for Lord Freud
tabling member	4241 label Biography information for Baroness Brinton

62793

registered interest
date	19/06/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Abortion
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many repeat abortions were performed in 2013 on women aged (1) under 16, (2) 16 to 17, (3) 18 to 19, (4) 20 to 29, (5) 30 to 34, and (6) 35 and over, in each clinical commissioning group and local authority area.
tabling member printed	Baroness Gould of Potternewton
uin	HL473
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/07/2014 answer text <p>This information can only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Abortion statistics are published annually. Table 4b of the latest statistical data (2013) gives information on repeat abortions for ages under 25 and 25+ by clinical commissioning group and local authority. A copy of the Annual Statistics, England and Wales: 2013 has been placed in the Library.</p> answering member printed Earl Howe question first answered 02/07/2014 14:04:36 answering member 2000 label Biography information for Earl Howe attachment 1 file name HL473 - Lib Doc.pdf title Abortion Statistics, England and Wales: 2013
tabling member	3573 label Biography information for Baroness Gould of Potternewton

62796

registered interest
date	19/06/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Migrants: Detainees
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the incidence of physical, sexual and emotional abuse experienced by transgender individuals placed in mixed-sex Immigration Removal Centres.
tabling member printed	Baroness Gould of Potternewton
uin	HL476
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Men and women only mix at two immigration removal centres (IRC); Yarl's Wood family accommodation and Dungavel IRC. Transsexual people may be held in any IRC. <br><br>Transsexual people in detention are managed in accordance with Detention Services Order 11/2012. This order requires centres to produce a management care plan outlining how the detainee will be managed safely and decently within the detention environment and to put in place measures to manage the risk of transphobic harassment and transphobic hate crime. <br><br>An assessment of the incidence of physical, sexual and emotional abuse experienced by transgender individuals placed in IRCs is not possible as the information is not centrally recorded and can only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Taylor of Holbeach question first answered 02/07/2014 16:17:53 answering member 3787 label Biography information for Lord Taylor of Holbeach
tabling member	3573 label Biography information for Baroness Gould of Potternewton

62797

registered interest
date	19/06/2014
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Sri Lanka
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what funding they are providing to Sri Lanka in 2014 and what funding they will provide in the next five years; and from which sources.
tabling member printed	Baroness Tonge
uin	HL477
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/07/2014 answer text <p>DFID does not have a bilateral aid programme to Sri Lanka. In 2012 the UK spent just over £5 million for activities in Sri Lanka. This included work on demining, police training, language rights, and human rights; and was allocated mostly through the Foreign Office, central departments in the Department for International Development, and the Conflict Pool. Information on allocations for work in Sri Lanka for the next 5 years is not available.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Northover question first answered 03/07/2014 16:02:09 answering member 2539 label Biography information for Baroness Northover
tabling member	200 label Biography information for Baroness Tonge

62798

registered interest
date	19/06/2014
answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept id	16
answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
hansard heading	Sri Lanka
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to support reparations for victims of conflict-related sexual violence in Sri Lanka.
tabling member printed	Baroness Tonge
uin	HL478
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/07/2014 answer text <p>We welcomed the February 2014 report of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights on Sri Lanka and its recommendation that the Sri Lankan government ‘establish a truth-seeking mechanism and national reparations policy in accordance with international standards as an integral part of a more comprehensive and inclusive approach to transitional justice'.</p><p>As noted in the Chairman's Summary of the Global Summit on Ending Sexual Violence in Conflict held in London 11-13 June, and in line with the UN High Commissioner's recommendations, reparations are one of the most valuable ways of supporting survivors of sexual violence in conflict, often cited by victims and survivors of sexual violence as key to their recovery.</p><p>The UK was a main co-sponsor of the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) resolution on Sri Lanka passed on 27 March 2014, which establishes an international investigation into alleged violations and abuses of international law on both sides of the military conflict in Sri Lanka, in addition to calling for progress on human rights and reconciliation. The resolution expresses serious concern at continuing reports of sexual and gender based violence. We continue to offer our full support to the Office of UN High Commissioner for Human Rights in establishing an international investigation as mandated by the UN Human Rights Council.</p> answering member printed Baroness Warsi question first answered 07/07/2014 11:23:00 answering member 3839 label Biography information for Baroness Warsi
tabling member	200 label Biography information for Baroness Tonge

62799

registered interest
date	19/06/2014
answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept id	16
answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
hansard heading	Armed Conflict: Sexual Offences
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to support reparations for victims of conflict-related sexual violence in the six focus countries identified in their National Action Plan on Women, Peace and Security.
tabling member printed	Baroness Tonge
uin	HL479
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/07/2014 answer text <p>The British Government understands the importance of reparations for victims and survivors of sexual violence who often cite this issue as key to their social, psychological and economic recovery. We strongly supported the launch of new Guidance from the UN Secretary General on reparations for conflict related sexual violence at the Global Summit to End Sexual Violence in Conflict, hosted by the UK on 10-13 June. This included a specific session on reparation schemes in post conflict settings. We firmly support the participation of survivors in determining appropriate reparations and believe reparations should not only focus only on financial compensation but also the dignity, social status and health of victims.</p><p>The UK is also an active supporter of the International Criminal Court's (ICC) Trust Fund for Victims (TFV). The TFV was established under the Rome Statute to support victims and to help build lasting peace and reconciliation in war torn societies – such as the Democratic Republic of Congo. Since 2012, the UK has provided £2.8 million to the TFV and our most recent contribution (£1 million) was specifically earmarked for projects that support the survivors of acts of sexual violence.</p> answering member printed Baroness Warsi question first answered 02/07/2014 12:32:53 answering member 3839 label Biography information for Baroness Warsi
tabling member	200 label Biography information for Baroness Tonge